Tom DeLay's Words from 1995 Challenge Tom DeLay in 2005

House Majority Leader Tom DeLay is facing a major ethics investigation into his past lavish, lobbyist-paid trips. DeLay has so far refused to offer any details into his activities. Maybe DeLay should take his own advice from 1995 and follow his own standards in 2005:

"The time has come that the American people know exactly what their Representatives are doing here in Washington. Are they feeding at the public trough, taking lobbyist-paid vacations, getting wined and dined by special interest groups? Or are they working hard to represent their constituents? The people, the American people, have a right to know...I say the best disinfectant is full disclosure, not isolation." - U.S. Rep. Tom DeLay, 11/16/95

GPO is acting funny...for another link directly to DeLay's comments, go here (give it some time to load). Or, go to thomas.loc.gov and search for it there in the Congressional Record of the 104th Congress.

UPDATE: In the interest of always giving credit where credit is due, notice that scoop Joe Conason dug up this quote recently as well and used it in his column. Good to see it's getting around...